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Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Redditch, Bromsgrove, Halesowen, Solihull.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 401 collisions are on record, 9 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the M42 itself, within 2 miles of J2. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for M42 J2 → 4 of 11 junctions on the M42 · see where it ranks nationallyM42 J2 is at Hollywood & Wythall. National Highways signs it as Hollywood. The nearest town is Redditch.
Live incidents for the whole M42 are listed on the M42 traffic page, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
Police STATS19 records show 33 collisions on the M42 within 2 miles of J2, including 1 fatal and 9 serious. Counting every road in the area, 401 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 220 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole M42, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
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